Originally Posted by
FriendlyPilot
Texting a friend of mine this morning. He’s on the 777 on reserve. He’s getting paid 73 hours a month and said he hasn’t flow over 30 hours in a month yet. Most days he’s flown is 6. Lives about 90 minutes from the airport, so short call is no issue. He said he doesn’t want to be a lineholder on the guppy. Why would you? Get paid 73 hours and fly your butt off all month?
WB reserves are a good deal if you live in base (SC range), are willing to have a day off rolled once in awhile (1 maybe 2x a month), and are happy with 73-77 hours credit each month (5-6 SCs a month).
What I don’t get is pilots bidding (voluntarily) onto WB reserve or NB Captain reserve and having to commute… that’s insane.